interagir — French conjugation

to interact

Frequency#766Regular

Indicative

Present (Présent) Regular

Use the présent for habits, what is true now, and what is about to happen soon. A single set of endings covers what English often splits into “I speak” and “I am speaking”.

Elle parle arabe et français.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeinteragisI interact
tuinteragisyou interact
il/elleinteragithe/she/it interacts
nousinteragissonswe interact
vousinteragissezyou (pl.) interact
ils/ellesinteragissentthey interact

Simple past (Passé simple) Regular

The passé simple narrates completed past events in a literary or very formal style. In everyday conversation people use the passé composé instead, so you mostly meet this form in books and journalism.

Ils virent le roi s'approcher.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeinteragisI interacted
tuinteragisyou interacted
il/elleinteragithe/she/it interacted
nousinteragîmeswe interacted
vousinteragîtesyou (pl.) interacted
ils/ellesinteragirentthey interacted

Imperfect (Imparfait) Regular

The imparfait describes ongoing or repeated past actions and sets the background — how things were, what used to happen, weather, feelings. The passé composé, by contrast, marks single completed events.

Quand j'étais petit, j'allais souvent à la piscine.

PronounFrench
jeinteragissais
tuinteragissais
il/elleinteragissait
nousinteragissions
vousinteragissiez
ils/ellesinteragissaient

Conditional (Conditionnel) Regular

The conditionnel is for polite questions and requests, “would”-type hypotheticals, and what someone said would happen. It is also the usual consequent clause in si + imparfait → conditionnel patterns.

Pourriez-vous répéter, s'il vous plaît ?

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeinteragiraisI would interact
tuinteragiraisyou would interact
il/elleinteragiraithe/she/it would interact
nousinteragirionswe would interact
vousinteragiriezyou (pl.) would interact
ils/ellesinteragiraientthey would interact

Future (Futur) Regular

The futur is for future plans and objective predictions. In speech, aller + infinitive is often clearer for the immediate future, while the simple future is common for facts further ahead or in writing.

Demain, nous dînerons chez eux.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jeinteragiraiI will interact
tuinteragirasyou will interact
il/elleinteragirahe/she/it will interact
nousinteragironswe will interact
vousinteragirezyou (pl.) will interact
ils/ellesinteragirontthey will interact

Present perfect (Passé composé) Regular

The passé composé is the main spoken past for completed, bounded actions (often with a time adverb). Use avoir with most verbs; être is required for a fixed group of motion/inchange and all pronominal verbs, with participle agreement when necessary.

Elle est venue tôt, puis elle a téléphoné.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'ai interagiI have interacted
tutu as interagiyou have interacted
il/elleil/elle a interagihe/she/it has interacted
nousnous avons interagiwe have interacted
vousvous avez interagiyou (pl.) have interacted
ils/ellesils/elles ont interagithey have interacted

Pluperfect (Plus-que-parfait) Regular

The plus-que-parfait is the “earlier past”: one action was already over before another past moment. It answers “had already” when a story is anchored in a past time.

Déjà, il avait fini quand je suis arrivé.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'avais interagiI had interacted
tutu avais interagiyou had interacted
il/elleil/elle avait interagihe/she/it had interacted
nousnous avions interagiwe had interacted
vousvous aviez interagiyou (pl.) had interacted
ils/ellesils/elles avaient interagithey had interacted

Conditional perfect (Conditionnel passé) Regular

The conditionnel passé states what would have been true, plans that failed, and unreal past if-clauses (often with si + plus-que-parfait in the apodose).

J'aurais dit oui, mais c'était impossible.

PronounFrench
jej'aurais interagi
tutu aurais interagi
il/elleil/elle aurait interagi
nousnous aurions interagi
vousvous auriez interagi
ils/ellesils/elles auraient interagi

Future perfect (Futur antérieur) Regular

The futur antérieur marks an action that will be finished before a later future moment (by then I will have…). It can also suggest a conjecture about a recent past fact in formal or literary use.

D'ici samedi, j'aurai lu le rapport.

PronounFrenchEnglish
jej'aurai interagiI will have interacted
tutu auras interagiyou will have interacted
il/elleil/elle aura interagihe/she/it will have interacted
nousnous aurons interagiwe will have interacted
vousvous aurez interagiyou (pl.) will have interacted
ils/ellesils/elles auront interagithey will have interacted

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjonctif présent) Regular

The present subjunctive appears in subordinate clauses after desire, doubt, fear, need, and many impersonals, usually when the subject of the subordinate is different. Learn common triggers: il faut que, je veux que, je doute que…

Il faut qu'il parte avant midi.

PronounFrench
jeinteragisse
tuinteragisses
il/elleinteragisse
nousinteragissions
vousinteragissiez
ils/ellesinteragissent

Imperfect subjunctive (Subjonctif imparfait) Regular

The imparfait du subjonctif is a literary and formal past subjunctive. In modern speech, the present subjunctive usually replaces it for the same meaning.

Bien qu'il fût fatigué, il continua.

PronounFrench
jeinteragisse
tuinteragisses
il/elleinteragît
nousinteragissions
vousinteragissiez
ils/ellesinteragissent

Other forms

Imperative (Impératif) Regular

The imperative is for direct orders and advice to tu, nous, and vous. For many -er verbs, the tu form drops the final -s of the present (parle!); negatives use the subjunctive-like forms in practice.

Fermons la porte, s'il vous plaît !

PronounFrench
tuinteragis
nousinteragissons
vousinteragissez